Minutiae and toothpaste
Posted at 11:26 on Thursday December 29, 2005
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Personal entrepreneurship
Spend all day deciding which toothpaste to get?
Or...just brush twice a day and floss?
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I like colgate
Posted by Mike at December 29, 2005 02:05 PM
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Is this an investment analogy? As John Bogle has shown, most people are best off putting their assets into no-load index funds and focusing instead on building wealth through their work or cutting their expenses.
Chasing excess returns is like believing you have a system to beat the slot machines.
Posted by Chris Yeh at December 29, 2005 07:31 PM
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Chris, obsessing over the toothpaste brand is an example of minutiae. Check out the original essay: We Love to Debate Minutiae
Posted by Ramit Sethi at December 29, 2005 07:38 PM
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The cheapest ADA approved one usually winds up in my cart, unless I can find one with a free soft-bristled tooth brush at a good price.
Label-whoring toothpaste is pitiful. If they sold it in a white box with a blue stripe (a la Repo Man) I'd be all over that.Posted by The Comedian at March 9, 2006 01:39 PM
